Furqan Force
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 The Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya, the flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and accordingly the battle flag of the Furqan Force | |
| Formation | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad |
| Defunct | 1950 |
| Legal status | Defunct |
Region served | Dominion of Pakistan |
The Furqan Force or Furqan Battalion was a uniformed battalion force of volunteers of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Dominion of Pakistan. Formed in June 1948[1] at the direction of Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the unit fought for Pakistan against India in the First Kashmir War.[2] In addition to its troops being drawn from the Ahmadiyya population, the expenses of maintaining the unit were also paid by that community.[3] It was said that the battalion performed its task very well.[4]
The unit was disbanded on 7 June 1950. Following the anti-Ahmadiyya Lahore riots of 1953, a Pakistani court of inquiry cited the Furqan Battalion in discussions of the Ahmadiyya role in Pakistani society.[5]
